Vehicle report
2017 CADILLAC CTS
This model year
What the record shows
The 2017 Cadillac Cts is a midsize car, and the 15th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 2003 to 2019.
The EPA rated three configurations: engines from 2-litre four-cylinder to 3.6-litre six-cylinder, rear-wheel drive only, a single transmission, Automatic (S8) and running on premium gasoline and regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy ranges from 18 to 25 mpg depending on which one you have.
NHTSA's best overall crash rating for this model year is 5 out of five stars.
The federal record holds 27 owner complaints, 2 safety recalls and 1,132 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.